Hi all, I'm looking to jack up the S4 and have measured that the pinch weld seems about an inch deep - what does everyone do with regard to the slotted / side lift jack pads? They never seem to be this deep - they seme to be 20mm at most.
I got a Halfords low profile jack. I bought a rubber pad off eBay. It's same size just doesn't have the slot. It's ok for time being and doesn't damage anything but I'd like to get a rubber puck with the slot in it.Hi all, I'm looking to jack up the S4 and have measured that the pinch weld seems about an inch deep - what does everyone do with regard to the slotted / side lift jack pads? They never seem to be this deep - they seme to be 20mm at most.
I used a ice hockey Puck and cut a groove in it.
30mm jack puck ebay no. - 273016638623
JG
Oh ok that one is deep enough. Something worries me about them though - they are quite literally two ice hockey pucks glued together and with a slot cut in them. Isn't that a bit heath robinson?
Thought it looked ok, but if you question it's strength it's not worth the money.
JG
Here's what I use. Can't remember where I bought it, but it's specifically heavy duty, made in Slovakia and has the word Vegum on it. Works well on an 2-tonne trolley jack as that has a decent pad width.
I'd check for more details, but it's currently holding my wife's i3 in mid air while I get one of the alloys refurbished!
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Scatter lots of cash and buy a couple of pairs of Jackpoint jack stands, that is what I did as soon as I bought my B8 S4, they are so easy to use especially if you have a couple of trolley jacks, I always lift one side at a time using 2 trolley jacks to avoid stressing the frame. I joined a group of like minded people on a Porker forum and we got a very good deal and a stupidly good deal on freighting by air, about 26 hours from collection at factory to landing in UK and out through customs - Royal Mail etc could not do that internally in UK!
I can't work out why someone else has not made cheaper versions out of steel, these Jackpoint ones are brilliant, they don't take up much room in the garage as they stack and I've added wooden blocks on to the normal top sections to help spread the load and rubber lined all the wood so no paintwork damage occurs. With 2 sets, I can get the car up in the air within a few minutes, okay it takes extra time to slacken the wheel bolts off, used them twice this year on my car, once to swop winter/summer wheels/tyres and again to replace all the brake fluid.
This has been a thread and a half for me. I have no idea how to jack up my car (sorry). Who knew there were so many options.
It would make life so much easier if there was a third jack point/pinch weld somewhere in the middle of each sill. You could then lift the full side in 1 and get 2 stands under in 1 go.
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No, maybe they were not around when I was looking for a solution back in 2013, I agree they do not seem to inspire a lot of confidence, but seeing is believing. Strangely, it was a group called Rennlist that started the interest in the ones I eventually bought. I would be concerned that these ones do not seem to offer much in the way of side to side stability, but as I say maybe they are okay in the flesh.
Edit:- I can see these jack stands as being a good solution if you used them on a car where they got securely fixed to the side rails of the car , not just resting the car on the top of them.
I'd reckon that my Jackpoint jack stands would have been nearer £600 for 2 pairs - and that was a group buy.
What concerns me, and remember that I'm trying to be critical but in a constructive way as I have already bought something else, is that these look okay when the car is up on all four stands, getting it up from only one side to both sides, for me looks like it would end up going through an unstable state, which is not too good.
As I said, if these cars had dedicated threaded holes provided for these stands top adaptors to bolt to tightly, and the adaptors bolted tightly to the top bars, then I'd be happier to buy/use them
also is the base contact points were arched to tolerate the car being lifted on one side then the other it would be okay I'd think - just having these small 2 flat ends of the legs in contact with the floor on each stand and then tilting the car on the second set does not look like being the best idea.
Having said that, they do look very flexible and very compact to store - but mainly these sorts of things would live in a garage when not in use and my Jackpoint jack stands stack on top of each other. I'd consider that as they are, they make a very good starting point as a "phase A" of a jacking stand design, also it sounds like you are smart enough not to mess with them and use some of their parts for other uses - that is always the issue with DIYers and bits of kit and come in many removable parts!
I'd rather they had a "ringed" base structure still fabricated from U section steel with a slot in the front to allow access for a jack, that would make me give them the thumbs up - okay that means more like Jackpoint jack stand design which I like, and also make them more bulky to carry in the car and store, but that, in my mind, is a small price to pay for safety.